Dr E T Arun Thomas works as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Nephrology. He is an awe-inspiring clinician with excellent clinical skills.

He underwent his undergraduate training (MBBS) from Government Medical College Kottayam, post-graduation (MD) in internal medicine from Government Medical College Calicut, and DM Nephrology training from Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram. He also obtained Diplomate of National Board (DNB) in General Medicine and Doctorate of National Board (DrNB) in Nephrology.

He has also successfully completed the Royal College of Physicians (UK) Specialty Certification in Nephrology. He was awarded MNAMS (Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences).

His areas of interest are critical care nephrology, point of care ultrasonography in nephrology, nutrition in CKD, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation, toxicology and snakebite envenomation.

His passion for research resonates with the 15 publications he has to his credit in various international and national journals. This strong passion has made him the reviewer for acclaimed journals like Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Official Journal of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene) and Quarterly Journal of Medicine (Official Journal of Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland).

In 2019, he received the prestigious TANKER AWARD from Indian Society of Nephrology for the best research work in nephrology.